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explorator 25.48 March 19, 2023
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Thanks to Arthur Shippee, Dave Sowdon, Edward Rockstein, Kurt Theis,
John McMahon, Barnea Selavan, Joseph Lauer, Mike Ruggeri, Hernan Astudillo, Richard Campbell, Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Bob Heuman, David Critchley,
Richard Miller, Kris Curry, Rick Heli, Richard C. Griffiths, Frank MacKay,
Don Buck, mata kimasitayo, and Ross W. Sargent for headses upses this week
(as always hoping I have left no one out).

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EARLY HOMINIDS
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Feature on the 'wooden club myth':

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-wooden-clubs-myth/ https://www.iflscience.com/club-wielding-ancestors-myth-or-reality-68017

Feature on Lapedo Child:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f8khzt/lapedo-child-a-neanderthal-modern-human-hybrid-

More on rethinking caused by monkeys making 'stone tools':

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/macaques-stone-tool-human-ancestors-b2299546.html
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/monkey-stone-flakes-ancient-hominid-tools https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/13/surprising-similarities-in-stone-tools-of-early-humans-and-monkeys/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stone-flakes-made-by-monkeys-raise-questions-about-early-human-tools-180981785/
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11280-230313-monkey-stone-flakes

More on Neanderthals apparently collecting trophy skulls:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/neanderthals-collect-animal-skulls-spain

More on bow-and-arrow use in Europe some 54 000 years bp:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/the-first-humans-in-europe-mastered-bow-and-arrow-technology-54000-years-ago/
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AFRICA
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Italy helped in the restoration of a Mithras-worshipper's tomb in Girgaresh (Libya):

https://www.libyaherald.com/2023/03/italy-helps-in-restoration-of-aelia-arisuth-mithras-worshipers-tomb-in-girgarish/
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ============================================================
Studying petroglyphs to learn about pre-Egyptian divinities:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-images-cult-gods-pre-egyptian-society.html

Latest finds from the dig at Matariya's Sun Temple:

https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/9/40/491869/Antiquities/Ancient-Egypt/In-Photos-GermanEgyptian-archaeological-mission-un.aspx
https://www.egyptindependent.com/more-remnants-of-temple-of-the-sun-discovered-in-matareya-area/

More on the 16m papyrus of the Book of the Dead found at Saqqara:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/complete-book-of-the-dead-discovered-at-saqqara/

Feature on Nazis and Egyptology:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-18/gods-tombs-and-nazis-the-third-reichs-bad-relationship-with-egyptology.html

The Catacombs of the Dendera Temple will be opening to the public:

https://egyptindependent.com/catacombs-of-dendera-temple-open-for-visitors-in-june/

Feature on the 7500 years bp 'cursed city' of Sialk Hills (Iran):

https://arkeonews.net/7500-year-old-cursed-city-of-iran/

Feature on animal symbolism in Mesopotamian art:

https://www.thecollector.com/animals-in-ancient-mesopotamian-art/

Feature on the Cyrus Cylinder:

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/the-cyrus-cylinder/

Feature on the rise of the Sasanian empire:

https://www.thecollector.com/rise-of-the-sasanian-empire/

More on the fragment of a (now) 1500 years bp lioness sculpture (and more) from Ein Nashut:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/students-on-northern-israel-field-trip-stumble-onto-1500-year-old-lioness-carving/
https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/syzftqj12

Feature on the 'Tomb of Absalom':

https://www.asor.org/anetoday/2023/03/absalom-tomb-pilgrimage

Feature on the origins of the Nabataeans:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/where-did-the-nabataeans-come-from

Prehistoric (?) petroglyphs from caves around Latmos (Turkey):

https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/exciting-discovery-in-latmos-181517 https://www.archaeology.org/news/11288-230316-turkey-rock-art

A Roman-era mosaic at Shoham was 'rediscovered'/reexposed this week:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ancient-rest-stop-with-flowery-mosaic-to-host-tired-travelers-once-again/
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/ancient-mosaic-floor-with-colorful-floral-designs-re-uncovered-after-40-years/2023/03/19/

Palestinians are said to have paved a road over an archaeological site in Sebastia:

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734320 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/368699

... and other destructive acts:

https://allisrael.com/palestinian-authority-causes-severe-destruction-to-archaeological-site-of-ancient-city-in-samaria
https://www.jns.org/palestinians-throw-animal-carcasses-into-graves-at-biblical-site/

Podcast on the Philistines:

https://podfollow.com/the-ancients/episode/23bfad877578dadbb493818f547a3f8f7936869d/view

A major study of Late Neolithic mustatils in Saudi Arabia:

https://www.livescience.com/7000-year-old-cult-site-in-saudi-arabia-was-filled-with-human-remains-and-animal-bones
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-uncovering-ritual-ancient-stone-monument.html https://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article273239645.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3gk3/archaeologists-discover-worship-of-unknown-gods-at-ancient-desert-monument
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-structures-in-the-arabian-desert-reveal-fragments-of-mysterious-rituals
https://arkeonews.net/uncovering-the-ritual-past-of-ancient-mustatils-cult-herding-and-pilgrimage-in-the-late-neolithic-of-north-west-arabia/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-shed-new-light-on-ritual-stone-monuments-found-in-saudi-arabia/146537
https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/ritual-monuments-in-northern-arabia-reveal-neolithic-ritual-activity/

cf: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281904

Sharjah's Sira Khorfakkan Island is now an archaeological reserve:

https://www.zawya.com/en/world/middle-east/sharjahs-sira-khorfakkan-island-declared-archaeological-reserve-mjjqqkrt

3600 years bp shell workshops from Masafi in the UAE:

https://www.theolympian.com/news/nation-world/world/article273215785.html

Feature on finds made from remains of a prehistoric vilage in Fujairah (UAE):

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2023-03-14/ty-article/archaeologists-discover-unexpected-enterprise-in-prehistoric-uae-village/00000186-df5a-d25f-a59f-ffffd8760000

Feature on finds from Dadan in AlUla:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film-tv/2023/03/19/national-geographic-film-uncovers-secrets-of-alulas-forgotten-kingdom-of-dadan/
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/saudi-arabia/2023/03/14/Saudi-Arabia-Archaeologists-excavate-forgotten-kingdom-in-AlUla-s-Dadan

A Umayyad coin from the Halit site in Riyadh:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/2023/03/15/saudi-heritage-commission-finds-rare-umayyad-coin-from-early-islamic-era/
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This Week in the Ancient Near East Podcast:

https://thisweekintheancientneareast.podbean.com/

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ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ============================================================
Mycenean bronze swords from excavations on the Trapeza Plateau in the Peloponnese:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/bronze-swords-from-mycenaean-civilisation-found-in-greek-tomb/146520

Flood protection construction in Limassol revealed a pair of Late Bronze Age burials:

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/flood-works-reveal-ancient-tomb https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/15/ancient-grave-found-in-limassol/

Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke in Cyprus revealed the site was a major copper trade hub during the Bronze Age:

https://www.gu.se/en/news/cypruss-copper-deposits-created-one-of-the-most-important-trade-hubs-in-the-bronze-age
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-excavations-reveal-copper-deposits-cyprus.html

cf: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X22003856

A 2000 years bp Roman-era burial 'sealed' with nails and bricks from Sagalassos:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-roman-era-gravesites-unusual-funerary.html https://www.livescience.com/roman-era-tomb-scattered-with-magical-dead-nails-and-sealed-off-to-shield-the-living-from-the-restless-dead
https://arkeonews.net/a-roman-tomb-where-magical-nails-were-used-to-fend-off-the-restless-dead-has-been-discovered-in-turkiye/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11863799/Roman-tomb-sealed-2-000-years-ago-shield-living-restless-dead-OPENED.html
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/bent-nails-at-roman-burial-site-form-magical-barrier-to-keep-dead-from-rising/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11287-230315-turkey-cremation-grave

A Roman-era mosaic was revealed during Aldi construction in Olney:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-64918113 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11875331/Roman-villa-stunning-mosaic-workers-prepare-site-new-Aldi-supermarket.html
https://arkeonews.net/aldi-construction-uncovered-roman-mosaic-in-uk/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66778 https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-unearth-roman-mosaic-in-olney/146566

Remains of a 2nd/3rd century CE monumental Roman structure from Riems:

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/grand-est/marne/reims/reims-un-site-antique-monumental-mis-au-jour-au-boulingrin-2732638.html
https://arkeonews.net/monumental-roman-complex-discovered-in-france/ http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66767

I think we mentioned this 2nd century CE Roman bathhouse find from near Yenne (France):

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article273046960.html https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/roman-baths-french-village-1234660745/

A 1600 years bp elite Roman woman burial in a lead coffin (plus Saxon remains too) from Garforth:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/13/remains-roman-aristocrat-extraordinary-cemetery-leeds
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/world/europe/uk-roman-burial-leeds.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-64917979 https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/archaeologists-make-once-lifetime-find-26457002
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/garforth-skeletons-once-in-a-lifetime-roman-and-saxon-cemetery-with-remains-of-60-people-including-aristocratic-woman-found-in-yorkshire-4061331
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/garforth-dig-roman-aristocrat-remains-discovered-leeds-lead-coffin-b1067043.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11856191/Discovery-Roman-aristocrat-woman-Anglo-Saxon-cemetery-1-600-years-old-hailed-researchers.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/13/roman-graveyard-leeds-unearthed-once-in-a-lifetime-find/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1281/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1281/pub/1281/page/27/article/NaN
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/burial-site-reveals-crossroads-between-roman-and-anglo-saxon-britain-w0tqr2vhb
https://news.sky.com/story/roman-burial-unearthed-in-truly-extraordinary-excavation-of-hidden-leeds-cemetery-12832775
https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/13/hidden-roman-cemetery-dating-back-1600-years-unearthed-in-leeds-18432168/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/roman-aristocrat-remains-unearthed-lead-coffin-england-anglo-saxons-rcna74804
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/remains-of-ancient-roman-aristocrat-found-in-british-hidden-cemetery-165225029824
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roman-empire-ancient-coffin-discovered-leeds-england/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/uk/roman-burial-garforth-scn-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/03/13/skeletal-remains-of-roman-aristocrat-discovered-in-hidden-lead-coffin/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lead-coffin-leads-to-amazing-discovery-of-roman-aristocrats-remains
https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734556 https://the-past.com/news/roman-and-saxon-cemetery-unearthed-in-leeds/ https://arkeonews.net/historic-leeds-cemetery-discovery-unearths-an-ancient-lead-coffin-belonging-to-a-late-roman-aristocratic-woman/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66760 http://www.archaeology.org/news/11281-230314-england-lead-coffin

More on the possible find of Vitruvius' basilica in Fano:

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2023/03/11/remains-of-basilica-of-vetruvius-may-have-been-found_5dba0e52-e8c0-4324-b162-a750b7929757.html
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66711

More on a hiker finding Roman coins and a possible shrine site in the Swiss Alps:

https://www.iflscience.com/hiker-accidentally-discovers-ancient-roman-shrine-to-mountain-gods-in-the-alps-68035
https://arkeonews.net/hiker-found-a-place-of-holy-worship-at-an-altitude-of-2590-meters-in-the-swiss-alps/
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66747

More on the Roman 'shrine' found at Leicester Cathedral:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/leicester-cathedral-roman-altar-shrine-cult-room-2267071

More on Roman fortifications near a silver mine in Germany:

https://the-past.com/news/excavations-in-germany-reveal-roman-military-camps-and-wooden-defences/

More on sheep lawn maintenance at Pompeii:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sheep-come-rescue-pompeii-ruins-2023-03-09/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/64943717 https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/14/sheep-ancient-ruins-pompeii/

On Neapolitan pozzolan use in the Roman theatre of Aquileia:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30692-y

A contest to decipher charred scrolls from Herculaneum:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/15/contest-decipher-herculaneum-scrolls-3d-x-ray-software
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11872613/Can-decipher-scrolls-Scientists-offering-250-000-prize.html
https://gizmodo.com/roman-vesuvius-challenge-scrolls-ai-volcano-1850232729

An assault on an archaeologist on Mykonos triggered protests this week:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1206683/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-assault/
https://apnews.com/article/greece-tourism-mykonos-archaeologist-protest-760f80b6cf987d60125f81630b766f96
https://hyperallergic.com/808364/protests-in-greece-following-assault-of-archeologist/
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-assault-97849248
https://news.yahoo.com/greek-archaeologists-protest-holiday-island-124002658.html
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-protest-mafia-violence-on-mykonos-1234661171/

... and accounts of the assault:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1206445/suspected-mobsters-attack-archaeologist/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/14/greek-archaeologist-building-permits-mykonos-brutally-beaten/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/15/archaeologist-hospitalised-mykonos-accuses-developers-order/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1283/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1283/pub/1283/page/56/article/NaN

Planned tower construction in London is raising concerns about Roman remains:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/roman-remains-london-forum-gracechurch-street-tower-proposal-b1067127.html

Review of Francine Prose, *Cleopatra*:

https://www.nysun.com/article/francine-prose-liberates-cleopatra

Review of a trio of recent books on Greek myths:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-greek-myths-retold-1f7cba65

Feature on Stephen DeCasien's studies of ancient naval rams:

https://today.tamu.edu/2023/03/16/grad-student-explores-ancient-warfare-with-naval-ram-project/

A tour of the House of the Vettii:

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66783

Feature on recent finds from Pompeii:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-continuing-discoveries-at-pompeii/

Feature on the fresco of Terentius Neo and his wife:

https://www.indonewyork.com/breaking/roman-empire-love-in-pompeii-the-confident-baker-s-wife-and-her-2-h77337.html

Feature on evidence for gladiators in Roman Britiain:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-gladiators-roman-britain-expert-evidence.html

... and a feature on gladiators:

https://tvpworld.com/68515390/gladiators-or-how-a-custom-turned-a-funeral-into-a-bloody-pastime

Feature on the Circus Maximus:

https://www.thecollector.com/what-happened-at-the-circus-maximus/

Feature on ancient Croatia:

https://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/lifestyle/culture/item/14645-what-do-archaeological-finds-tell-us-about-ancient-croatia

Feature on Thespians at Thermopylae:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/15/thespians-heroes-battle-thermopylae/

Feature on Archimedes:

https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/a43249494/who-discovered-pi-archimedes-of-syracuse

Feature on the Erechtheion:

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-the-erechtheion-temple-athens/

Feature on the 'end of the world' to the ancient Romans:

https://www.iflscience.com/the-roman-ragnarok-what-did-the-end-of-the-world-look-like-to-the-ancient-romans-68019

... similarly:

https://psyche.co/ideas/what-good-was-the-apocalypse-for-the-greeks-and-romans

Feature on ancient Greek plumbing:

https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/18/ancient-greeks-advanced-plumbing-drainage-water-systems/

Feature on the 'Roman Charity' painting:

https://aeon.co/essays/on-roman-charity-or-a-womans-filial-debt-to-the-patriarchy

Feature on casts of bodies at Pompeii:

https://nextluxury.com/interesting/pompeii-bodies/

Pondering the 'greatness' of Alexander:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct38tv

Feature on 'et tu brute':

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/03/16/what-is-the-meaning-of-et-tu-brute-and-did-caesar-really-say-it-on-ides-of-march/

Yet again we read that a deal is 'close' on the Parthenon sculptures:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/artefact-swap-could-bring-an-end-to-elgin-marbles-saga-3n2p0hcq5
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/parthenon-marbles-return-possible-without-ownership-accord-campaigners-say-2023-03-12/
https://www.nysun.com/article/britain-greece-closing-in-on-deal-for-return-of-elgin-marbles
https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/48588-british-museum-head-on-solving-200-year-old-dispute-with-elgin-marbles.html

... but Rishi Sunak says it isn't going to happen:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/13/no-plans-to-return-parthenon-elgin-marbles-to-greece-says-rishi-sunak
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/elgin-marbles-greece-british-museum-sunak-b2299561.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm-sunak-rules-out-law-change-return-parthenon-marbles-2023-03-13/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/13/elgin-marbles-will-not-stay-greece-says-rishi-sunak/
https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1281/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/1281/pub/1281/page/11/article/NaN
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/no-plans-change-law-blocking-070056867.html https://www.dw.com/en/no-plans-to-give-parthenon-marbles-back-to-greece/a-64907213
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/elgin-marbles-will-not-return-permanently-to-greece-rishi-sunak-vows/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/national/23381036.no-plans-change-law-blocking-elgin-marbles-given-greece---sunak/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uk-prime-minister-rishi-sunak-no-return-parthenon-marbles-greece-1234660406/
https://greekreporter.com/2023/03/13/rishi-sunak-rules-out-return-parthenon-marbles-greece/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/uk-prime-minister-rules-out-law-change-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-to-greece/
https://neoskosmos.com/en/2023/03/15/news/greece/british-pm-government-will-not-change-law-to-allow-parthenon-marbles-return/
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Roman Archaeology Blog:

http://romanarc.blogspot.com/

Rogueclassicism:

http://rogueclassicism.com/ ============================================================
EUROPE AND THE UK (+ Ireland) ============================================================ Chalcolithic-Bronze Age petroglyphs from the Cova de la Vila in Catalonia:

https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-03-17/over-100-prehistoric-engravings-found-in-a-cave-in-northeastern-spain.html

Evidence of cheesemaking in Late Neolithic Poland:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-neolithic-ceramics-reveal-dairy-multiple.html https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/03/230314205400.htm

Archaeologists have returned to a late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age settlement site in the North York Moors National Park:

https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/archaeologists-return-to-investigate-site-of-unusual-north-york-moors-national-park-settlement-4068303

Remains of a Bronze Age ring ditch from a site in Derbyshire:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-ring-ditch/146558

A Millom metal detectorist has found his sixth metal axe head (date?):

https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23388991.millom-metal-detectorist-josh-carr-finds-sixth-axe-head/

A metal detectorist found a Bronze Age penannular ring:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939

The Late Bronze Age Blythburgh hoard was declared treasure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-64859637

An Anglo-Saxon era watermill from Buckingham:

https://www.medievalists.net/2023/03/medieval-watermill-england/ https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/watermill-uncovered-with-anglo-saxon-origins/146503

A 1500 years bp Saxon throwing axe is going on display:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-64967007

A 1000+ years bp gold jewellery and silver coin hoard found a couple years ago in the Netherlands is going on display:

https://www.livescience.com/very-very-rare-gold-and-silver-medieval-treasure-unearthed-in-the-netherlands
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-64890939 https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/1000-year-old-medieval-treasure-uncovered-by-metal-detectorist-in-the-netherlands-1234660442/
https://news.yahoo.com/rare-treasure-buried-during-medieval-192606549.html https://arkeonews.net/netherlandss-unique-treasure-finds-of-medieval-gold-jewelry-and-silver-coins/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1000-year-old-gold-earrings-and-silver-coins-unearthed-in-the-netherlands-180981792/?

Assorted medieval small finds from a possible 'knights court' sire in Poland:

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/medieval-artefacts-found-in-poland-from-possible-knights-court/146515

Kitchen renovations in York revealed some 400 years bp wall paintings:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-64993300

A large 17th century coin hoard find by a metal detectorist in Poland:

https://www.livescience.com/17th-century-century-hoard-brimming-with-1000-coins-discovered-in-poland
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11279-230313-poland-boratynki-coins

Studying a 17th century intact dress found on a shipwreck off the Netherlands:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/shipwreck-dress-netherlands.html

More on that Neolithic mass grave (including headless skeletons) from Slovakia:

https://the-past.com/news/headless-skeletons-uncovered-in-neolithic-mass-grave/

More on the shipwreck off Halkidiki dating from the Greek War of Independence:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1206515/shipwreck-in-halkidiki-linked-to-1821-revolution/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/03/13/shipwreck-from-the-greek-war-of-independence/
https://greekherald.com.au/news/archaeologists-find-shipwreck-linked-to-1821-greek-revolution-in-halkidiki/
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11283-230315-greece-revolution-ship

More on 2900 years bp use of steel on the Iberian peninsula:

https://www.livescience.com/bronze-age-craftspeople-tempered-steel-more-than-1000-years-before-the-romans-did-it
https://scitechdaily.com/2900-years-ago-archaeologists-prove-that-steel-tools-were-used-in-europe-earlier-than-previously-thought/

More on the 800 years bp gold jewllery and silver coin hoard found in Germany by a metal detectorist:

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trainee-metal-detectorist-gold-silver-hoard-germany-alsh-2267848

More on the use of runes:

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/language-runes-society-and-culture/runes-were-just-as-advanced-a-written-language-as-the-roman-alphabet/2164067

The fire at Notre Dame has revealed its extensive use of iron to bind stones together:

https://www.livescience.com/notre-dame-is-held-together-by-a-first-of-its-kind-iron-skeleton-catastrophic-fire-revealed
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-reveals-notre-dame-de-paris-cathedral.html https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230316-paris-fire-exposes-hidden-iron-holding-up-notre-dame
https://fr.aleteia.org/2023/03/18/notre-dame-de-paris-coup-denvoi-de-la-construction-de-la-fleche/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11870731/Notre-Dame-fire-2019-exposed-cathedrals-hidden-iron-frame-confirming-kind.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/notre-dame-fire-exposes-long-hidden-iron-inside-paris-landmark/
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-734673 https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/notre-dame-first-gothic-cathedral-to-make-massive-use-of-iron/

cf: https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/notre-dame-first-gothic-cathedral-to-make-massive-use-of-iron/

Hyping an upcoming dig at the Potteric Carr Nature Reserve near Doncaster:

https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/potteric-carr-nature-reserve-first-ever-archaeological-dig-to-take-place-at-yorkshire-nature-reserve-next-month-4062030

Studying the Lowbury Woman:

https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2023/03/16/forgotten-lowbury-woman-burial-to-reveal-her-secrets/

What laser scans are revealing about Seahenge:

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23378101.seahenge-scans-shed-new-light-mysterious-norfolk-relic/

Major costs arising from that find of hundreds of burials associated with St Saviour's Priory:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-64915919

Pondering artifacts in the Black Sea:

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0f9h955/the-ancient-secrets-lurking-beneath-the-black-sea

OpEd sort of thing on metal detectorists (not a positive view):

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41095540.html

... and concerns that metal detectorists in Flanders aren't sharing their finds:

https://www.brusselstimes.com/411178/treasure-hunters-in-flanders-not-sharing-their-findings-with-archeologists

Feature on the Celts:

https://www.livescience.com/history-of-the-celts

Feature on Mudlarking:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/mudlarkers-uncover-archaeological-treasures-along-londons-river-banks

Feature on the Gjellestad ship burial:

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2023/03/100-year-find-enormous-viking-ship-holds-surprising-clues-on-burial-rituals

Review of Carolyne Larrington, *The Norse Myths that Shape the Way We Think*:

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230316-the-six-ancient-norse-myths-that-still-resonate-today
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Archaeology in Europe News:

http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/

Medievalists.net:

https://www.medievalists.net/category/news/

Viking Archaeology Blog:

http://viking-archaeology-blog.blogspot.com/

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ASIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ============================================================
Drought has revealed some 12 000 years bp burials near Dongting Lake:

https://news.yahoo.com/treasure-filled-tombs-12-000-141153095.html

A 7000 years bp settlement site from Henan:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_BGwwVa22.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/15/content_85169958.htm

A 3000 years bp settlement site from Shaanxi:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0313/c90000-10221633.html

Plenty of finds from 570 Warring States Period burials from Sanmenxis (Henan):

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_vCPjfWIV.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/15/content_85170211.htm

Three Tang Dynasty tombs from a site in Shanxi:

http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_uf5v6IWC.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/18/content_85176624.htm

Shaanxi was touting its top six finds from 2022:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202303/1287239.shtml https://news.cgtn.com/news/2023-03-13/China-s-Shaanxi-Province-unveils-top-six-archaeological-findings-of-2022-1i99eyKMXVC/index.html

1300 years bp rice residue from remains at a site in Tibet:

https://english.news.cn/20230314/e547b3ff93c5458b8e9413ee389f3ac8/c.html http://t.m.china.org.cn/convert/c_OsFSzh77.html http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2023-03/14/content_85167389.htm http://www.archaeology.org/news/11285-230315-tibet-indica-rice

Studying skeletal remains from Cambodia:

https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/researchers-study-ancient-skeletons-bone-fragments

Assorted 3000+ years bp finds from a dig in Dong Dau (Viet Nam):

https://en.vietnamplus.vn/metal-age-relics-unearthed-at-hanois-dong-dau-hill/249776.vnp
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11282-230315-vietnam-metal-artifacts

Evidence of a medieval temple near a railway station in Odisha:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/archaeological-remains-of-13th-15th-century-medieval-temple-discovered-in-odisha/articleshow/98749577.cms
https://www.thestatesman.com/india/archaeological-remains-of-medieval-temple-found-near-railway-station-in-odisha-1503161996.html

Possible Sangam-era carnelian beads and husks from burial urns in Konthagi:

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/carnelian-beads-and-husks-found-in-urns-in-keeladi-cluster-site-1200289.html
http://www.archaeology.org/news/11289-230316-india-konthagai-beads

Feature/study of antiquities missing from India:

https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/486-asi-antiquities-missing-since-1947-why-numbers-dont-capture-the-story-8495043/

A teacher in Mamsapuram underwent some training an learned a coin he was given is 1000 years old:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/mar/16/tn-teacher-undergoes-archaeology-training-learns-gifted-coin-is-1000-years-old--2556500.html

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ============================================================
A project to find connections between various Aboriginal groups in Western Australia:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-17/five-year-archaeological-project-explores-north-west-wa-deserts/102089628
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NORTH AMERICA
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The ongoing search for John Smith's long-lost town:

https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/va-vg-jamestown-flag-20230317-hp66ypcwgnectkdlhuv62elovy-story.html
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/03/historic-map-may-lead-to-further-discoveries-at-james-fort/146579

Feature on the wreck of the Atlanta in Lake Superior:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/revisiting-the-atlanta-why-shipwrecks-are-so-common-on-the-great-lakes

Feature on metal detectoring in Halton region (Ontario):

https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/the-mysterious-world-of-halton-metal-detecting-finds-in/
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA ============================================================
A Wari ritual complex at the Pakaytambo site in Peru:

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-wari-ritual-complex-pakaytambo-southern-peru-1234658747/
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/archaeologists-unearth-1200-year-old-wari-temple-complex/146279

Study suggests a cenote beneath the Kukulcan Pyramid may be connected with other cenotes:


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